Individual vouchers ordered by aldermen debate at council
The city council discussed replacing blanket employee vouchers with individual vouchers for each worker. Alderman Hyatt clashed with Mayor Abbott over suspected irregularities while supporting the report from the finance committee. The committee’s stance to keep the present plan was challenged, with vote mainly along Hyatt lines and a narrow opt out by Alderman Geers.
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Finance Committee
Hyatt
Rman Hyatt
Abbott
Iman Hyatt
Kedness
Iity
Alderman Hyatt
Ce Koch
Board of Public Works
Koch
Ross
Comptroller
Comptroller's Office
Geers
Ayor Abbott
Board of
Vic Works
Rd of Public Works
Bolles
Alder‘n Simmonds
City council approves funds to buy water works plant
The city council adopted three resolutions authorizing a $649,160 payment to Citizens' Water Works for the water works plant. Funds include withdrawals from sinking funds at Quincy National and Ricker National banks, plus bonds totaling $130,000 to be sold at par with 4 percent interest from July 1, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Water Works Company
Council
Water Works Company
Quincy National Bank
Ricker National Bank
Mayor and Finance Committee
City and Water Works Company
Encampment May Be Last For GAR
Kansas City August 29 Delegates arrive as Grand Army of the Republic holds its golden jubilee encampment in Union Station. Rail strike fears and hot summer trim attendance while Scout aides ease operations. Sam D Brown of Kentucky predicts future encampments will be state delegated to 500 members each.
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Kansas City
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Station
Kansas
Missouri
Boy Scouts
Lincoln
John Adams
Cincinnati
Sam D. Brown
Department of Kentucky
Brown
Well Represented John Woodpost Delegates to Kansas City
John Woodpost No 96 Grand Army of the Republic sends a strong group to the national encampment in Kansas City. Delegates depart on the headquarters train from Chicago at 12 50 this morning. Uninstructed, they seek no special requests.
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John Woodpost
Grand Army of the Republic
Kansas City
Chicago
al. Slack
William Chillson
William Coleman
Sarah Volk
Tlome
James M. Brown
Captain Brown
Post
Freeport
John Wood Post
Adam Hild
Sanuel P. Oseand
Henry C. Turner
C. G. Dickhut
Henry Myer
R. Davis
Henry
Italy Declares War on Germany Warns Japan
TOKIO Aug. 29 Italy officially informed Fanan Monday that she had declared war on Germany. The announcement marks a major shift in wartime alignments as Italy confirms its stance in the ongoing conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Japan
Tokio
Fanan
Germany
Trains Delay Institute Opening For 300 Teachers
The second Adama County Teachers Institute opens in High School today with about 300 teachers expected and 350 already registered. Late trains caused a delayed start at 10 15 o'clock and some talks were omitted but the afternoon program proceeded with Moore Smith and Russell Whelpley among the speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd W. Moore
Payson Smith
Barbara Ann Russell-Whelpley
Adama County
R. C. Stacy
Quincy
Big Road Meeting Opens This Morning
Leaders in the national good roads movement speak at the Good Roads League meeting in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Illinois highway figures A D Gash William Marr and Homer Tice explain the bond issue plan and road gains. Speakers outline costs losses to farmers from impassable roads and the benefit of an all year road network. Attendance expected from Adams county including farmers and Quincy business people with women invited to attend. The morning session starts at 10 o'clock followed by an afternoon session as the campaign to inform voters continues.
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National
Movement For Good Roads
Good Roads League
Chamber of Commerce
A. D. Gash
Illinois Highway Commission
William M. Marr
Homer Tice
Tice
Illinois
Adams County
League
Quincy
Plan to Improve Taylor Quincy Highway This Fall
The Taylor Quincy road project began with a Chamber of Commerce conference led by Engineer A. H. Beitman and road overseer Cicero Whitaker. They will assess the road this Friday to prepare cost estimates for temporary winter passability and later for a permanent gravel or rock roadway on the key route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor-Quincy Highway
A. H. Beitman
Cicero Whitaker
Taylor District
Highway Committee
Abbott
Beitman
Mr. Whitaker
Dewey P T A Meeting Friday Plans Year Work
The Dewey school hosts the first Parent-Teacher meeting of the year Friday afternoon at Mrs. James Rigg's home, 2603 Lindstreet, to plan upcoming work. St Boniface and other Catholic, Protestant, and public schools reopen on September 5 with 250 pupils enrolled at St Boniface.
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Dewey
James Rigg
Lindstreet
St. Boniface
Oil Applied Near Golden Improves Roads
Four miles of road near Golden were treated with oil using gravity and force methods on Thursday and Friday. Two tanks of oil were used and a light rain just before application left the roads in excellent condition for dragging. Reports from Golden indicate the roads are now in fine shape.
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Golden
Galena Man Bound Over in Arson Theft Case
Harold Monnier of Lena was bound over to the grand jury on charges of arson and theft after the largest trial in Galena history. He allegedly burned a Guilford barn owned by Fred Hackers and stole two teams of horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Harold Monnier
Lena
Guilford
Fred Hackers
Beardstown Fish Fry Marks 26th Annual Home-Coming
Beardstown Illinois hosts its twenty sixth annual fish fry and home coming this week. The big free dinner features five thousand pounds of fish fried and three thousand six hundred loaves of bread served at today’s event.
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Beardstown
Plea for Woman Suffrage Draws Washington Park Address
Miss Sarah C. Grant of the Congressional Union urges federal action for universal suffrage. She criticizes President Wilson and calls for suffrage to be a national issue in the presidential campaign. Grant schedules talks at Gem City Garment works, the Y M C A building, and Washington Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah C. Grant
United States
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Washington, D. C
Washington Park
Organization For Woman Suffrage
Wilson
Democratic Congress
Miss Grant
Conference of Suffrage
Colorado Springs
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Women's Party
Grant
Gem City Garment Works
Railroad Builder Dies in San Francisco
Anthony Walsh, who with his sons built the Rock Island Southern railway, died here Sunday as his family rushed west to be with him in his illness.
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San Francisco
Cat
Anthony Walsh
Rock Island Southern Railway
Auto Tour 10 Set for Wednesday by Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce Sociability Tour is fixed for Wednesday August 30 with about a dozen cars leaving the Chamber building at seven a. m. and returning to Quincy at six p. m. The route includes Ursa Marcelline Lima Tioga West Point Basco Carthage Bentley Denver Bowen Chili Stillwell Woodville Loraine Mendon. Dinner will be in Carthage and car owners must call by noon to reserve. Roundup streamers and pennants will be supplied free.
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Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Ursa
Marcelline
Lima
Tioga
West Point
Basco
Carthage
Bentley
Denver
Bowen
Chili
Stillwell
Woodville
Loraine
Mendon
Leiser Company Moves Into New Quincy Home
Leiser company relocates to 604 Maine Street with plans to open Thursday. The move should enrich Quincy’s business district as the building joins the town's commerce area.
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Leiser Company
Maine Street
Quincy
Entertainments Planned by South Side Boat Club
Dr G W Burch will entertain members on September 9 with a river trip to Point Pleasant for a day of games and a picnic. E E Van Cleve of Illinois Normal School Macomb will lead teachers' extension course in Quincy this winter with two classes and some meetings at the high school.
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B. C
G. W. Burch
South Side Boat Club
Point Pleasant
E. E. van Cleve
The
Illinois Normal Schoool Ir Macomb
Quincy
W. Efith von
Hannibal
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Labor Day
Bay
Purse Poustmaster Liminis Led Boase on Payson Road
Rural Carrier Louis Lepper found a sum of money on the Payson road Monday. Postmaster Lum mis received an official order to compensatory time for holiday work. Excursion steamer Keokuk will run to October 15. Sunday crowd numbered 232 with Quay 191 aboard. Levee and drainage work to finish by March 1 in South Quincy district with a $300 annual repair tax approved. Four thousand attended the Pike County Antidorse Thief association picnic in Perry. free soup and afternoon games offered.
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Liminis
Louis Lepper
Payson Road
Quincey
Lummis
Keokuk
Quay
South Quincey
Lyman MetCarn
Pike County Antidorse Thief Association
Perry
Wagner
John Gay Dies After Wagon Wreck Near Fall Creek
John Gay of near Payson died at Blessing hospital after being thrown from a wagon and dragged by a runaway team near Fall Creek town hall Saturday afternoon. Coroner Heley ruled accidental death after a jury verdict. Witnesses described the dragged body in a drainage ditch, injuries to the head, and the wagon’s overturned state as friends summoned doctors in Payson and Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gay
Payson
Fall Creek
Blessing Hospital
Kirk Shango
Gay
Fall Creek Town Hall
Harvey Riggs
West
Mr. Riggs
Gabriel of
William Kaltenbach
Feils
Hannibal
Heley
Mumper
I. O. Collins
Foreman
Herman Enghauser
John Lukes
George Gross
Henry Buerkin
Hannah Gay
Tit
Pike County
Harvey G. Riggs
Merccantile Trust Company
Quincey
Gabriel
William Kaltenback
Fall Creek Township
Quincy
Mr. Feils
Temperance and fraternal meetings listed for St Michaels and Moose hall
Today's meetings include a W.O. a U. at Temperance Home St Michaels branch and 411 1 2 Hampshire street with Loyal Order of Moose in Moose hall and Quincy lodge No 12. Also a U. in W. C. UL. Quincy lodge No 12 meets at Moose hall.
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St. Michaels
W. C. UL
Quincy Lodge
O. P
Hampshire Street
Loyal Order of Moose
Weather Outlook for Missouri and North Region
Fair and warmer Tuesday. Tuesday night into Wednesday partly cloudy. North portions see cooler air by midweek. Missouri forecast calls for pleasant warm spell Tuesday with a shift to partly cloudy skies Wednesday.
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Missouri
Northwest
Roadster Fry Class Running Order Mentioned
Fragmentary note lists a running order for a roadster fry class and references a new top. Contact J. El Sawyer at 924 1-2 Muing Street by phone 4453-2 for details.
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J. EL Sawyer
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Cuncil
Abe Martin
Boys In Blue
the Order
Quincy Well Represented
G. A. R. Convention
Whelpley
Albert Randegger
William Shakespeare
London
Maine
Massachusetts
Winona State Normal School
Winona
Minn
O. L. Langhanke
Eleanor King
Elizabeth McKnight
F. B. Stewart
Susi
Bret Esther Farrel
Helen Janett
Irene Garrison
Mabel Vansteel
Nelle Liinton
Elizabeth Mackry
Anna Koerdsiemon
Katherine Buerkin
Grace Terady
Gwendolyn Rutledge
Hattie Wick
Edith Cordsiemon
Etta Stannis
Jersamine
Mary Strothoff
H. M. Jellison
Hulda Mayer
Laura Kaempen
Doris Fischer
Josephine Trish
O. D.frark
Rirdella Weisenborn
Matidda Altheide
Edna Thompson
Cecelia Dempsey
Josephine Keane
Mildred Wewes
Louis Jones
Helen Beatty
Pauline Thomason
Emma Thomason
Mary Beatty
Helen Kriegshauser
Helen Smith
Irene Frcer
Clarence Lineberger
Josephine Rushkamp
Grace Ridle
Media Elder
Octavia Knittle
Grace Henning
Kate Shanahan
Hazel Allard
Gertrude Meyer
Maurine Allard
Vera Wessels
Kathryn Kriegshauser
Margaret Allen
Edna Heidbreder
Bessie Darby
Marie Haverty
W. H. Brazelton
Ella Randall
Julia Arming
Elizabeth Brittain
Mabel Ahern
Tenrietta
Angussta
Cecil Penes
Abnn Battorff
Sears
Co. of C
Teachers OF
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Isue
Hughes
East
South
America
Thomas
Colorado
Ashurst
Arizona
Congress
Highland
Morris Brothers Athletic Club
Highland Park
St. Barbara
St. Francis School
Front
Jefferson Streets
Miller & Arthur Drug Store
Edward J. Hildebrand
Spring Street
Cocert
Illinois State Band
Southwark
Boveranens
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